Scintillation-Induced Circular Polarization in Pulsars and Quasars

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2000-07-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0007429v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

21 pages, 3 figures, ApJ, accepted

Scientific paper

10.1086/317852

We present a physical interpretation for the generation of circular polarization resulting from the propagation of radiation through a magnetized plasma in terms of a rotation measure gradient, or `Faraday wedges'. Criteria for the observability of scintillation-induced circular polarization are identified. Application of the theory to the circular polarization in pulsars and compact extragalactic sources is discussed.

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